Tag Archives: february 10-11 General Strike

Tens of banks and other buildings are burning across Athens after today’s demonstrations. There are huge riots in Thessaloniki and Patra as well. The situation seems to be spiralling out of control. We will try to summarise key developments through the night, below: All times are GMT+2 01.06 The new memorandum has just been voted [...]

All times are local ATH time (GMT+2). The updates continue here: Athens, the long night of February 12: “burning and looting tonight” 21:00 Thousands of people on Amalias st. Police uses tear gas en masse trying to disperse the demonstrators who defend themselves with any means available and remain in front of the parliament [...]

The legal support (lawyer) phone numbers are 210 -7723144 (landline) and 6975656265 (mobile). The metro station at Syntagma is closed by the police. Trade unions are trying to force its re-opening. The main demonstrations are called for 5pm at Syntagma.

In Berlin, a demo in solidarity to the protesters in Greece is going on at 13:00 (GMT+1). In Paris, the solidarity demo is at 15:00 (GMT+2) in front of the embassy (23 rue galilée, metro Kleber) Unconfirmed tweets talk about a solidarity demo in Trafalgar Sq in London. More information as it comes.

greek original The initiative Ship to Gaza denounces the illegal arrest and detention of its member I.L. from their home today, by the police. Denunciation Ship to Gaza Initiative Athens, February 12, 2012 The Initiative Ship to Gaza denounces the illegal arrest and detention of its member I.L. from their home this morning by the [...]

Reaching a climax of three days of mobilisations across the country, thousands are preparing to take to the streets on Sunday to demonstrate against the voting in parliament of the new memorandum between the troika and the greek government. In Athens, neighbourhood assemblies are calling for pre-demonstration gatherings in Pagrati, Exarcheia, Brahami, Kerameikos, Kalithea and [...]

greek original Information on those arrested during the first day of the strike mobilisations (10/02/12) Three people are charged for one felony and three misdemeanours: one 16-year old boy, one 20-year old French erasmus exchange student and one third person, who faces serious health problems. The charges are: – Resistance to authority – Attempted serious [...]